It's Friday! And that means it's time for another post about what curriculum we are using for the 2019-2020 school year! This is a collaboration that I am co-hosting with 3 other lovely ladies. They are YouTubers Ingrid at Mommy & Mia Homeschool Chronicles and Kim at The Homeschooling Grammy; and fellow blogger, Stacy at DyerTyme. Please make sure and check out Ingrid’s and Kim’s channels, as well as Stacy’s blog. They each have excellent content for those of us on this homeschooling journey!
In this collaboration, we are sharing what our curriculum choices are for the upcoming 2019-2020 homeschool year. Last week, we shared our choices for History/Social Studies/Geography. Today, we are sharing our choices for Math in our homeschool. And stay tuned, because we have more coming for the next 3 weeks!
Math
As I shared last month, we currently have a mixed bag of homeschool math curriculum. My youngest currently uses Singapore Math, and my middle currently uses Life of Fred, with Khan Academy as a supplement. For our next homeschool year, one child will keep with the same curriculum, the other will change.
13-Year-Old
My middle son is the one who will change. And we will actually not be waiting until we finish out our current homeschool year for this math change. We will be starting next week. As I discussed in my previous math post, he is not naturally a math-minded person. We have switched him around a few times over the years. He did really well with Life of Fred. However, as he gets into the higher levels, he is struggling more. I mentioned in that previous post that I had added Khan Academy as a supplement to try and help him get it more. But, he is still struggling more and more with the Bridges (kind of like open-book tests every 5 chapters).
Enter God's perfect timing! At the time I started to become concerned about his struggles, I was watching the videos of others who were reviewing their math curriculum from their past school year. There were quite a few reviews for Teaching Textbooks. This curriculum was not new to me, in the sense that I had looked at it several times over the years. It was in my mental stash of curriculum I wanted to try if what we were using didn't work out. Well one of the mamas reviewing Teaching Textbooks was also doing a giveaway. For an entire year's subscription! Of course I entered, not thinking that I'd win. I figured we'd plod along with our current set up until the end of our year, then I would look into TT.
We were on our family vacation when I happened to check my email one day and found out that I had, in fact, won! I cannot tell you how absolutely excited I was! For once, I didn't have to buy a new math curriculum to try it out and see if it will be a good fit for my son. We get to try it for an entire year. And if it works out, we will most definitely be going back as paid subscribers! Although, he still wants to continue to read Life of Fred. He loves the story that much! So, I told him he could read it in his free time, as long as he's putting in an honest effort with Teaching Textbooks.
Teaching Textbooks is an accessed online, and you get a PDF file with your subscription so that you can print them out if you want. But there are videos for each lesson, and someone else does the teaching. Which is a huge plus for me, because I'm not a huge math fan, either! Then, the student completes the lesson online. Not only that, but TT keeps track of everything for you! Here is the link to the review by Mommy & Mia Homeschool Chronicles with a walk-through of the curriculum.
10-Year-Old
Singapore Math is working really well for my youngest son, so that's where he'll stay. He loves its structure, and the level of rigor is perfect for him. This one is a naturally math-minded kid, so he's definitely having an easier time of it than his brother. I will say, though, he is still challenged in this curriculum! We switched him from Life of Fred back to Singapore a few months ago, and he's already cruised through Levels 3A and 3B, and has already started Level 4A. I explained placement and a little about the curriculum itself in my previous math post.
Short & Sweet!
This is definitely one of my shorter curriculum posts! One child is sticking with what I already previously reviewed, and one is going into something we've never tried before. Given all the reviews I've been reading and seeing for TT, though, I'm excited and hoping this is "the one" that will help my middle son understand the higher math better.
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